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The division is committed to a truly comprehensive university where students, researchers, and inventors bring scholarship and innovation to bear for the benefit of the community, the state, and the nation.

About the VPR STAFF DIRECTORY

About the Division

Mission Statement

Advancing and strengthening all aspects of the research enterprise.

Senior Administrative Leadership Team

Associate vice presidents, executive directors and directors

Faculty Research Organizations

Council of Principal Investigators and University Research Council

About the Research Enterprise

The Strategic Plan

Download the entire plan or the abbreviated version.

Themes and Sub-themes

Download a packet of fact sheets for details about each.

Highlights (2023)

Gathers and frames data into six foundational categories.

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FundingSeek external funding from governments, non-profits or corporations. Apply for internal grants for interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary projects.
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Advancing Discovery to Market

Nurtures commercial potential of recent discoveries.

Arts & Humanities Fellows Program

Provides multi-year support for scholarship or creative works

Panther RISE Grant Program

Fosters collaboration with Prairie View A&M University.

 
Research Development Fund

Supports strategic investments across the research enterprise.

Research Leadership Fellowship

Develops junior faculty into the next research leaders.

Targeted Proposal Teams

Encourages collaboration across disciplines.

External

Search for Funding

Navigate databases to identify opportunities.

Federal Funding

Explore online access to departments and agencies.

Limited Submissions

Understand how the division identifies and manages these opportunities.

Private Foundations

Consider options for non-profit support.

Proposal Support

Generate applications that compete more effectively for research dollars.

Proposal Development

Research Development Services

Central office providing proposal support, resources, and professional development.

Multidisciplinary Proposal Development

For multidisciplinary funding opportunities.

Early Career Faculty

For researchers launching their portfolios.

Special Strategic Projects

For proposals that align with division priorities.

Proposal Submission

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Master the steps for submitting a successful proposal.

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Follow the approve process for pursuing external funding.

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Obtain consent before initiating research involving biohazards.

Human Research Protection Program

Protect the rights and welfare of participants.

Biosafety Occupational Health Program

Reduce the risk of exposing personnel.

Research Security and Export Controls

High Risk International Activity

Manage the transboundary aspects of your research.

Export Controls

Comply with all U.S. laws and regulations.

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Research Support

Offers cutting-edge resources, services and facilities to investigators and their teams.

Core Facilities

Provide state-of-the-art instrumentation, technologies and specialized scientific services.

Centers and Institutes

Organize collaborations to take on major challenges.

Comparative Medicine Program

Offers high quality animal care at affordable cost.

Postdoctoral Affairs

Serves postdocs and the faculty who train them.

Research Data Management

Organizes, stores, preserves and shares findings and results.

Resources on Generative AI in Research

Guidance from federal agencies on generative AI in research.

Division Centers, Institutes, and Facilities
  • High Performance Research Computing
  • Microscopy and Imaging Center
  • Materials Characterization Facility
Units

Through its units, the Division of Research delivers strategic support to further Texas A&M’s research mission.

Staff Directory
Research Compliance and Biosafety

Provides guidance in biosafety, animal welfare and human research protection.

Research Development Services

Offers no-cost consultation and training for developing proposals.

Research Security and Export Controls

Helps to safeguard integrity of research and scholarship.

Sponsored Research Services

Works with researchers in the administration of funded projects.

Strategic Initiatives

Coordinates cross-cutting initiatives to advance the research enterprise.

Postdoctoral Affairs

Advances postdoctoral research and career development through support and collaboration.

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  • Special Strategic Projects
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Texas A&M UniversityDivision of Research
  • Aggie Research Volunteers
  • Federal Administration Transition
About

The division is committed to a truly comprehensive university where students, researchers, and inventors bring scholarship and innovation to bear for the benefit of the community, the state, and the nation.

About the VPR STAFF DIRECTORY

About the Division

Mission Statement

Advancing and strengthening all aspects of the research enterprise.

Senior Administrative Leadership Team

Associate vice presidents, executive directors and directors

Faculty Research Organizations

Council of Principal Investigators and University Research Council

About the Research Enterprise

The Strategic Plan

Download the entire plan or the abbreviated version.

Themes and Sub-themes

Download a packet of fact sheets for details about each.

Highlights (2023)

Gathers and frames data into six foundational categories.

Quicklinks
    Fact Sheets
    Research Rankings
    Feedback
Funding

FundingSeek external funding from governments, non-profits or corporations. Apply for internal grants for interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary projects.<br>Funding Newsletters

Internal

Advancing Discovery to Market

Nurtures commercial potential of recent discoveries.

Arts & Humanities Fellows Program

Provides multi-year support for scholarship or creative works

Panther RISE Grant Program

Fosters collaboration with Prairie View A&M University.

Research Development Fund

Supports strategic investments across the research enterprise.

Research Leadership Fellowship

Develops junior faculty into the next research leaders.

Targeted Proposal Teams

Encourages collaboration across disciplines.

External

Search for Funding

Navigate databases to identify opportunities.

Federal Funding

Explore online access to departments and agencies.

Limited Submissions

Understand how the division identifies and manages these opportunities.

Private Foundations

Consider options for non-profit support.

Proposal Support

Generate applications that compete more effectively for research dollars.

Proposal Development

Research Development Services

Central office providing proposal support, resources, and professional development.

Multidisciplinary Proposal Development

For multidisciplinary funding opportunities.

Early Career Faculty

For researchers launching their portfolios.

Special Strategic Projects

For proposals that align with division priorities.

Proposal Submission

Sponsored Research Services – Getting Started

Master the steps for submitting a successful proposal.

Submission Guidelines

Follow the approve process for pursuing external funding.

Budget Development

Work with a proposal administrator.

Quicklinks
    Proposal Forms
    Tutorials
    Find Your SRS Contact
    Time and Effort
    Institutional Letter of Support
    Cost Rates
    Limited Submission
    Research Titles and Staffing
    iThenticate
    Hanover Research: Proposal Review
    Bouvier Grant Group: NIH Proposal Training Courses
Awards & Projects

Get help with starting, managing or closing a project.

Starting a Project

SRS PI Guidebook

Delve into services offered throughout the project cycle.

Contract Negotiations

Protect your interests and Texas A&M’s.

Facilities and Administration

Learn your cost rates.

Project Set-Up

Ensure a project meets all requirements.

Managing a Project

Project Administration

Exercise best practices from establishment to closeout.

Maestro

Streamline project administration.

Informational Sessions

“Answers for You” videos address vital topics and issues.

Project Closeout

Meet the requirements for final technical reports.

Quicklinks
    Research Compliance
    Find Your SRS Contact
    Commercialization
    Administrative Forms
    Agreement Forms
    Developing a Budget
Research Compliance

Understand the laws, rules and regulations for conducting research that is safe, legal and ethical.

Report an Incident / Concern Research Misconduct

Research Compliance and Biosafety

Animal Welfare Program

Gain approval for animal research or teaching at Texas A&M.

Biosafety Program

Obtain consent before initiating research involving biohazards.

Human Research Protection Program

Protect the rights and welfare of participants.

Biosafety Occupational Health Program

Reduce the risk of exposing personnel.

Research Security and Export Controls

High Risk International Activity

Manage the transboundary aspects of your research.

Export Controls

Comply with all U.S. laws and regulations.

Conflict of Interest and Commitment

Disclose all activities outside of Texas A&M.

Time and Effort

Certify for sponsored projects using TimeTraq or certification system.

Quicklinks
    My IRB Contact
    Send an email to IRB
    iRIS Portal
    Aggie Research Volunteers
    COI Disclosure / Preapproval Request
    IRB Submission System
    Enroll in Biosafety Occupational Health Program
    Responsible Conduct of Research
    Visiting Scholars
Research Support

Offers cutting-edge resources, services and facilities to investigators and their teams.

Core Facilities

Provide state-of-the-art instrumentation, technologies and specialized scientific services.

Centers and Institutes

Organize collaborations to take on major challenges.

Comparative Medicine Program

Offers high quality animal care at affordable cost.

Postdoctoral Affairs

Serves postdocs and the faculty who train them.

Research Data Management

Organizes, stores, preserves and shares findings and results.

Resources on Generative AI in Research

Guidance from federal agencies on generative AI in research.

Division Centers, Institutes, and Facilities
    High Performance Research Computing
    Microscopy and Imaging Center
    Materials Characterization Facility
Units

Through its units, the Division of Research delivers strategic support to further Texas A&M’s research mission.

Staff Directory
Research Compliance and Biosafety

Provides guidance in biosafety, animal welfare and human research protection.

Research Development Services

Offers no-cost consultation and training for developing proposals.

Research Security and Export Controls

Helps to safeguard integrity of research and scholarship.

Sponsored Research Services

Works with researchers in the administration of funded projects.

Strategic Initiatives

Coordinates cross-cutting initiatives to advance the research enterprise.

Postdoctoral Affairs

Advances postdoctoral research and career development through support and collaboration.

Quicklinks
    Comparative Medicine Program
    Special Strategic Projects
    Research Misconduct
    Research Enterprise Business Services (Intranet)
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Regulations

The following links outline regulations, policies, and guidelines.

  • Animal Welfare Regulations
  • USDA Animal Care Resource Guide (PDF)
  • Texas A&M University Rule 15.99.07.M1 (PDF) Use of Vertebrate Animals in Research, Teaching, and Testing
  • The Animal Welfare Act (PDF)
  • PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, 2002 (PDF)
  • Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Research and Teaching, Third Edition, January 2010
  • Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, Eighth edition (2011) (PDF)

Consult the links below.

  • PHS FAQs
  • USDA-APHIS Animal Care site

Any institution using animals to conduct research, teaching, or testing is required by federal regulations to establish an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). The IACUC, qualified through the experience and expertise of its members, is responsible for the oversight of all animal use activities including the review of animal use protocols and Texas A&M’s Animal Care and Use Program. The IACUC also monitors the institution’s animal facilities to ensure compliance with standards and regulatory requirements.

“Use of animals” is defined as any activity involving vertebrate animals in which the natural life style or movements of the animals is materially altered. Use of animal carcasses, tissues, and fluids obtained specifically for research, testing, or teaching purposes are subject to review according to applicable regulations and may be determined to be “use of animals.” If you are unsure if your project involves use of animals, contact the IACUC office.

Contact the IACUC office, and if the work is not subject to IACUC review, a letter will be provided confirming that.

Animal Use Protocols

Proposed use of any living vertebrate animals must be submitted for evaluation by the IACUC. Use of carcasses, tissues, fluids, etc., of dead vertebrate animals, if the animal was sacrificed, or the animal tissue or fluid was procured solely and specifically for a research, teaching, or testing purpose, also may be covered.

If your AUP is externally funded and a proposal to the funding agency exists, a copy of the pending or funded grant proposal must be submitted along with your AUP. A comparison of the animal activities in the grant to the AUP will be performed. Each proposal routing office at this institution assigns a unique number to a proposal. Please include the routing office number with your proposal.

To submit an AUP for IACUC review, log in to iRIS. For instructions about iRIS, visit our informational portal.

Principal investigators must have the technical expertise and administrative capacity to assume responsibility for successfully accomplishing all aspects of the project. They are accountable to the institution for the proper conduct of the project or activity and must have the authority to ensure appropriate animal care and use. Faculty or staff members who fall into one of these categories may be eligible to be considered as a PI.

  • faculty and other senior academic staff who would have fiscal responsibility and whose appointments include the design and direction of research;
  • and senior administrative staff with the responsibility of design and management of projects.

Please note, graduate students are not authorized to be principal investigators, however they can be co-principal investigators under an eligible PI.

The IACUC should be notified of any requested changes to your AUP prior to their implementation. Protocol changes that require an amendment request to be submitted to the IACUC include, but are not limited to, adding/deleting key personnel, increasing the number of animals used, adding species, adding or deleting experimental procedures, modifying the  anesthetics or analgesics regimen, changing housing/use locations, or any changes that affect the science of the study or the impact on the physiology of the animal.

Veterinarian Verification and Consultation (VVC) is an expedited process the PI can utilize to make minor modifications to previously approved AUP activities without having to submit an amendment. Modifications must not result in a change in study objective or increase pain, distress or degree of invasiveness beyond what is currently approved in the AUP. More information about VVC can be found on the Approval Process page as well as the VVC Explained document (Texas A&M authentication required).

If you are confident that all animal use is completed and will have no further need for animal use on a protocol, then you may terminate the protocol. However, even if you are finished using animals it is not necessary to terminate the protocol, as future circumstances may cause you to wish to continue animal use (e.g., grant funding). Once an AUP is terminated (deactivated) no animal work can be performed and no animals maintained under that AUP.

If you believe that your current AUP will expire prior to the approval of your renewal submission, you should contact the IACUC Office at (979) 845-1828 immediately. At the time the original AUP expires, all work involving the use of live animals must cease and any animals being kept on the protocol must be transferred to another appropriate and approved IACUC animal use protocol or disposed of.

Work utilizing animals may not resume until the renewal protocol is approved by the IACUC and the animals involved are transferred to an approved IACUC protocol which covers the entirety of the work to be performed.

Hazardous Materials

Animal users should refer to the biosafety unit for information on requirements for the use of biohazards on or in living animals. All biohazards in animals must be approved before the AUP will be approved.

The use of chemical hazards in or on living animals is a part of the AUP approval process.

Inspections and Post Approval Monitoring

The IACUC does not set expiration dates for storage of sterilized items. The IACUC recognizes that compromise of sterility is not necessarily time-related, but may be event-related. Evaluation of stored sterile supplies will be based on storage conditions, handling, and overall appearance of the protective packaging. The IACUC will determine the acceptability of sterilization and storage procedures based on guidance for storage and handling of sterile packages provided by the committee.

The purpose of Post-Approval Monitoring, or PAM, is to help principal investigators (PIs) stay compliant with their IACUC-approved animal use protocols, which helps Texas A&M University meet animal welfare regulations. A PAM visit is intended to be a collegial and supportive review of approved activities and an opportunity to educate and share information with investigators and research staff. Ultimately, the PAM program will confirm that the manner in which the IACUC understood and approved an animal protocol is consistent with the way procedures are being performed. More information may be found on the PAM FAQs flyer.

Personnel/Personnel Requirements

The IACUC requires that an AUP lists the principal investigator responsible for the AUP and all individuals that are involved with the care and use of animals or use of animal tissues under the AUP. All personnel under the AUP must have completed the IACUC personnel requirements prior to their involvement with the care and use of animals and their approval to work on an AUP.

All personnel listed on an AUP must complete the CITI online training program module Working with the IACUC. Information on the required training may be found online.

All personnel listed on an AUP must complete enrollment requirements for the Biosafety Occupational Health Program prior to approval to work with animals. For information and enrollment forms, go to the BOHP website.

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